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Frankfurt green sauce
Also known as: Frankfurter Grie Soss, Frankfurter Gruene Sosse
Cold Frankfurt herb sauce with the protected seven-herb mixture, cultured dairy and egg.
About Frankfurt green sauce
Frankfurter Grie' Soß is Frankfurt's cold green sauce. Hessen Tourism's traditional recipe uses the defined seven herbs: borage, chervil, cress, parsley, salad burnet, sorrel and chives.
The fresh herbs give the sauce a bright, grassy and gently sharp character. Vinegar and cultured dairy add tang, while chopped hard-boiled egg makes it mellow and savoury.
The herbs are finely chopped rather than cooked, leaving the chilled sauce pale green and flecked throughout. It is thick and spoonable, with small pieces of egg visible in the creamy base.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Frankfurt green sauce
Hessen Tourism's seven-herb Frankfurter Grie' Soß.
- BorageHerb base
- ChervilHerb base
- CressHerb base
- ParsleyHerb base
- Salad burnetHerb base
- SorrelHerb base
- ChivesHerb base
- VinegarSeasoning
- Vegetable oilDressing base
- Sour creamDairy base
- YogurtDairy base
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Hard-boiled eggsEnrichment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Borage:
- Chervil:
- Cress:
- Parsley:
- Salad burnet:
- Sorrel:
- Chives:
- Vinegar: . Exact vinegar type is unspecified.
- Vegetable oil: . Exact oil type is unspecified.
- Sour cream: . Sour cream selected from the source alternative.
- Yogurt:
- Salt:
- Black pepper: . Black pepper selected as the ordinary pepper interpretation.
- Hard-boiled eggs:
Origins & food traditions
Hessen Tourism identifies the sauce as a centuries-old Hessian and Frankfurt speciality and explains that the Frankfurt protected name is tied to the specified seven-herb mixture; dairy and egg preparations still vary.
Countries
- Germany
- GermanyCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- German
- Frankfurt
- Hessian
- Hessian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.